Myron Thompson's Biography
Contact Information
Office
Frank M. Johnson, Jr. United States Courthouse Complex
One Church Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Federal Building and United States Courthouse
100 West Troy Street
Dothan, AL 36303
G.W. Andrews Federal Building and United States Courthouse
701 Avenue A
Opelika, AL 36801
Full Name:
Myron Herbert Thompson
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Ann; 3 Children
Birth Date:
1947
Birth Place:
Tuskegee Institute, AL
JD, Yale Law School, 1972
BA, Yale University, 1969
No political experience information on file.
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Senior Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 2013-present
Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1980-1991, 1998-2013
Chief Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1991-1998
Attorney, Private Practice, Montgomery, Alabama, 1974-1980
Nominated by President Jimmy Carter, Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama, September 17, 1980
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama, September 26, 1980
Assistant Attorney General, State of Alabama, 1972-1974
Former Founding Director/Board Chair, Alabama Legal Services Corporation
Jurist in Residence, Pace Law School, 2012
Chair, District Judges Representatives to the Conference, 2010-2011
Eleventh Circuit District Judge Representative, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2007-2011
Scholar in Residence, New York University Law School, 1998-1999
Awards:
Award of Merit, Yale Law School, 2017
National Public Service Award, Stanford Law School, 2015
Thurgood Marshall Award, National Bar Association Judicial Council, 2013
Mark De Wolfe Howe Award, Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review, 2005
Judge Jane M. Bolin Service Award, Yale Law School BLSA, 2008
Ernestine Sapp Justice Award, Thomas Goode Jones Law School, 2009
Honoree Award, Touro Law School BLSA, 2009